My apologies to Amos. I knew I couldn't have been the first one with that book.

Fion: Angry-Mad or Hamlet-Mad? I don't think either, myself. Holden is the archetypical alienated teenager, with sarcasm as defensive weapon. He was incredibly intelligent, and perhaps too sensitive, but sensitive enough to know the world can break his heart.

Intelligence is debatable, but I was one myself, (minus the breakdown, fortunately) and I imagine 99% of this board was at one time also, however briefly.

Is that not a rite of passage?   

As I mentioned in my original post, I shook his voice only a few years ago.

Thanks, Fion, for pointing out my duplication.
Bill